lovelorn, the suicidal... which, after just one listen, make the world seem a much sadder place. It would have been nice if they'd included just one positive song." During 1993 McComb left the group to return to the Red Ponies, while Ellis and White resumed their work with Dirty Three. Meanwhile Lee, Kakulas and Snarski toured as the Blackeyed Susans Trio. Kakulas explained the offshoot, "We use it as something to do when the Susans aren't playing... It gives us the opportunity to strip down the music. We have fun with it, delving into the Susans' back catalogue more than the full band does. We also work on new material through the trio. The acoustic set is also such a great vehicle for Rob's voice. The audience gets to listen to the voices more than is possible when the band's making a racket." All Souls Alive was released in the United States on Frontier Records in April 1994 receiving positive reviews: Ned Raggett of AllMusic opined that Snarski's "combination of rock forcefulness and just-twangy-enough brooding also suit the lyrics, courtesy mostly of Kakulas and McComb, quite well. Images of emptiness, forlorn hope, romantic bitterness, and religious iconography litter the songs, but rather than amping things up á la countryman Nick Cave, the Susans coat everything with just enough honey in the arrangements." It was also released in Europe in July 1994. The album was reviewed in the UK press and received airplay on Radio One. Two singles were lifted off the album, both in July 1994, "Dirty Water" and "This One Eats Souls". Each included four bonus tracks from a cassette-only album, Hard Liquor, Soft Music (March 1994) by the Blackeyed Susans Trio. The cassette was sold at their gigs, as an album's worth of late night melancholy that has since become a sought after rarity. The Blackeyed Susans commenced working on their third album, Mouth to Mouth, in August 1994. For recording the line-up of Lee, Kakulas and Snarski were joined by Jen Anderson (ex-Black Sorrows) on violin, Kiernan Box on piano, organ and harmonica, Ashley Davies (ex-White Cross, Wild Pumpkins at Midnight) on drums, Dan Luscombe on guitars, Helen Mountfort on cello and Wemyss on trumpet and string arrangements. It was recorded at Fortissimo Sound Studios, with production by Kakulas, Snarski, Victor Van Vugt, Andy Parsons and Tony Cohen. The album was released in mid-July 1995 via Hi